Machine for coiling wire



(No Model.)

W. EDENBORN.

MACHINE POR GOILING WIRE.

No. 480,565. Patented Aug. 9, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

IVILLIAM EDENBORN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.`

MACHINE FOR COILING WIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,565, dated August9, 1892.

Application filed December 6, 1890. Renewed February 3, 1892- Serial No.420,183. (No model.)

j fication.

My invention relates to a cheap, durable, and effectual machine forforming wire into coils as it comes from the rolls;l and my inventionconsists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointedout in the claims.

Figure I is a side View of my improved machine. Fig. II is an enlargeddetaillongitudinal section taken on line Il II, Fig. III. Fig. III is anenlarged transverse section taken on line III III, Fig. I.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a frame, in which a hollow shaftor spindle 2 is journaled and which is provided with a suitabledriving-pulley 3. The wire as it comes from the formingrolls enters andpasses through the spindle 2. In the end of the spindle 2 is formed asocket of larger diameter than the central bore 1l of the spindle 2, andin this socket is a valve-bushing 4, (see Fig. II,) preferably held inplace by screws 5, passing transversely through the spindle.

6 represents a cap fitting over the end of the spindle and inclosing thevalve-bushing 4. This cap may be held in place by the screws 5, asshown. Projecting from the cap 6 is a cone 7.

8 represents tubes removably mounted on the cone and the inner ends ofwhich fit in sockets 9 in the cap 6. There are preferably four of thesetubes. The valve 4 has an opening 10, which is curved outward from itsinner end, so as to match with the central opening 11 of the spindle andwith the openings of the tubes 8, as shown in Fig. II. The bushing maybe turned so that the opening 10 will be brought in front of either oneof the tubes 8. This is done by turning outward on the screws 5, thenadjusting the bushing, and then seating the screws again. At the end ofthe cone 7 is a cylinder 12, supported on a shaft 13 and adapted to bemoved within a ring or stop 14 through means of a lever 15, pivoted at16 to a frame 17, which supports. the shaft 13 and to which the lever isconnected at 18. The ring 14 has a flange 19, and upon its upper surfaceare inclined wings or flanges 20.

21 represents brackets secured to the cone' 7 at the ends of the tubes 8and against which the wires bear as they leave the tubes to protect thelatter from wear. The wall of the opening 10 of the bushing 4 ispreferably chilled.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The wire being fed into thespindle 2 from the forming-rolls passes through the spindle, through thevalve-bushing 4, and through the tube 8, with which the opening of thevalve communicates. Power is imparted to the cone 7 by a belt applied tothe pulley 3 and the cone is turned in the direction of the arrow, Fig.I. This causes the wire as it is fed through the spindle and tubes to becoiled upon the cylinder 12, and as a tube becomes worn or overheated(the wire being coiled while in a hot condition) the valve 4 may beturned to bring its opening 10 opposite another tube, when the wire willbe fed through this latter tube. When a coil of sufcient size has beenformed, the upper end of the lever 15 is moved away from the cylinder12, which pulls the cylinder within the ring 14, as shown by dottedlines in Fig. I, and the coil drops upon an incline 22 and falls throughan opening 23 into a suit-able receptacle 24. As the cylinder is drawnwithin the ring the inclines 20 prevent the wire from being forced ontothe ring.

A machine thus constructed is exceedingly cheap and durable and notlikely to get out of order.

I have shown the spindle 2, the tubes 8, and the cone 7 arranged in ahorizontal position; but it is evident that they might be placed in avertical position, when the wire-receiving form or cylinder might bedispensed with and the wire coiled on the floor or ground.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a wire-ceiling machine, the combination,with a hollow spindle and the adjustable bushing mounted therein andhaving an opening for the passage of the wire, of a cap fitting over theend of said spindle and bushing and IOO having the sockets 9 and theremovable tubes 8 fitting in said sockets, substantially as set forth.

2. Ina wire-coiling machine, the combination, wlth a hollow spindle andthe adjustable bushing mounted in the end thereof and having the opening10, of the cap 6, fitting over the end of said spindle and bushing andhavlng the sockets 9, the removable tubes 8, fitting 1n said sockets,and screws passing through said cap and spindle and into said bushing,substantially as set forth.

i 3. In a wire-coilng machine, the combinat1on,w1th a hollow spindle andan adjustable perforated bushing mounted therein, of the ca p 6, securedto the end ot' said spindle over said bushing and having the sockets 9,a cone projecting from the end ot said cap, and the tubes 8, seated insaid sockets 9 and removably secured to said cone, substantially as setforth.

4. In a wire-coiling machine, the combination of a spindle having thepassage or bore 1l and a socket in its extreme end of larger diameterthan said bore 1l, an adjustable bushing fitting in said socket andhaving the passage 10, and a cap fitting over said bushlng and the endof said spindle and carrying the tubes 8, substantially as set forth.

5. In a wire-ceiling machine, the combination of a hollow spindle, anadjustable bushing located in the end of the spindle and having anopening for the passage of the wire, screws 5 for holding the bushing toits adjustment, a cone, tubes carried by the cone and through which thewire passes from the bushing, a shiftable cylinder, upon which the wireis coiled, and a stop arranged to crowd the coil from the cylinder,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a wire-coiling machine, the combination of a hollow spindle, tubescommunicating with the spindle and through which the wires pass, a coneto which the tubes are secured, and brackets 21,secured to the cone atits large end, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a wire-ooiling machine, the combination of a revolubly-supportedhollow spindle, a cone carried by the spindle, and short brackets 21,secured to the periphery of the base of the cone, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

8. In a Wire-coiling machine, the combination of a hollow spindle, acone carried by the spindle, tubes 8 on the periphery of the coneleading from the hollow spindle, and short brackets 21, adjacent to theends of the tubes 8 at the large end of the cone, substantially as setforth.

WM. EDENBORN.

In presence of- THos. KNIGHT, E. S. KNIGHT.

